You don't live in Walkley do you? Have seen a 125 Varadero buzzing about along South Road......
Are you really set on a GS? Once you're out of Europe there are massive benefits in having a simple, light weight Jap single (spares available most places and can be fixed without resorting to a computer). Also flying solo it's good having a bike that you can lift off yourself if it ends up on top of you - I learnt that the hard way.
I'd love an F800 R for Europe/UK road use but wouldn't go into the beyond onanything I wasn't totally happy dismantling and reassembling. Plus the cost of a GS is a lot of petrol and
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